MSU booster says he received request for cash

2:11 AM,
Nov. 18, 2010

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AUBURN -- A Mississippi State booster has told the NCAA that a man he considered aligned with Cam Newton's fa­ther made specific monetary re­quests to secure the quarter­back's commitment to MSU.

Bill Bell, a Florida contrac­tor, told ESPN.com that he re­ceived a text message from agent recruiter Kenny Rogers outlining a plan to yield $180,000 over three payments. Though the text messages were lost after equipment failure, Bell says he was able to share relevant voice­mail messages with NCAA in­vestigators.